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Arantes do Amaral, João Alberto; Brito, Suzana Costa – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2018
In this article, we discuss the lessons learned in a system thinking course developed in a multicampus, distance-learning environment. Forty-six undergraduate students were involved; the students were from four campuses of the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. We explain the course design, curriculum and online components. We analyze the…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Learner Engagement, Distance Education, Active Learning
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Tarricone, Pina; Newhouse, C. Paul – Australian Educational Researcher, 2016
Traditional moderation of student assessments is often carried out with groups of teachers working face-to-face in a specified location making judgements concerning the quality of representations of achievement. This traditional model has relied little on modern information communications technologies and has been logistically challenging. We…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Art Education, Art Materials, Alternative Assessment
Vance, Shelly – Arts & Activities, 2012
In this article, the author describes how her students constructed a three-dimensional sculpture of a dragon using plaster wrap and other materials. The dragons were formed from modest means--using only a toilet-paper tube, newsprint, tape and wire.
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Sculpture, Art Materials
Peace, Suze – Arts & Activities, 2012
In this article, students create a "faux" cake sculpture. It is a three-dimensional artwork made of paper, colored with markers, and decorated with old marker caps and polystyrene packing peanuts for icing swirls.
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Sculpture, Elementary School Students
Wayne, Dale – Arts & Activities, 2012
Louise Nevelson, who is called the "architect of shadow," was a "dumpster diver" of her time, collecting found objects in the wee hours of the morning before trash pickup. Recognition evaded Nevelson until she created "Mood Garden + One" (1958), when she was almost 60 years old. In this article, students create their own assemblage using…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Artists, Sculpture
Douglas, Katherine – Arts & Activities, 2012
The term "Scribble Stage" highlights how first efforts appear in student independent work. Age does not correlate with "scribble" work as does experience; upper grade students and even adults will often approach new materials and techniques in an experimental manner as a means to become familiar with them. Everyone is a beginner at the things they…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Novices, Art Products, Student Projects
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Beck, Darren – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
Since Pen Argyl High School in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania was in the process of redeveloping its mascot, the Green Knight, the author decided to implement a studio project based on armor. In groups of three, students would research an assigned type of historical armor, replicate it in cardboard, and fit it to a group member. The lesson had heavy…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, High School Students, Clothing
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Brisco, Nicole D. – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
As art teachers, it is in their nature to collect everything they get their hands on. They teach their students how to find beauty in the resources they have. Students can improve their portfolios by using innovative materials that allow them to tell a story that is also beneficial to the planet. Most art teachers are experienced in scavenging,…
Descriptors: Recycling, Art Materials, Resources, Studio Art
Ciminero, Sandra Elser – Arts & Activities, 2012
To celebrate a milestone in eighth-graders' lives--leaving middle school and moving on to high school--the author assigns them the "Coming of Age" project, which examines the big idea of identity and promotes the move from self-reflection to self-expression. The project also includes writing components that correspond to each of the nine…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Middle School Students, Student Projects
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Rosenfeld, Malke; Rufo, David; Makol, Suzanne; Greco, Ardina; Flores, Chio; Redman, Jeff – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
The last two sections (EJ1039315 and EJ1039319) presented stories about specific moments or lessons. Also, situations infused with complexity where the writers had to toggle back and forth between providing the larger context and the details that support readers' understanding of that big picture were presented. In this section each story is…
Descriptors: Art Education, Writing (Composition), Creativity, Studio Art
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Hester, Vickie – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
Two years ago, a fortuitous event occurred at the author's school: the pre-K classrooms across the hall from her artroom received a grant that covered the installation of new bathrooms inside the room. Despite the obvious benefits, this construction project generated one of the most engaging student art projects they've ever created: plaster…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Elementary School Students, Art Materials
Hamidou, Kristine – Arts & Activities, 2009
An abstract art project can be challenging or not, depending on the objectives the teacher sets up. In this article, the author describes an abstract papier-mache project that is a success for all students, and is a versatile project easily manipulated to suit the classroom of any art teacher.
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Sculpture, Art Materials
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Pierce, Brian – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2009
It seems like everybody's "going green" these days. People do what they can to save the environment. Their cars are greener, their buildings are greener, even their clothes are greener. But what about going "brown"? It's cheap, it's readily available, and it has endless uses--especially in art. It's cardboard. The author describes a project that…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Design Crafts, Art Activities, High School Students
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Stevens, Lori – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2009
Ed Ruscha's exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco presented a fantastic and challenging teaching approach not just to art creation, but also to the whole definition of art. Ruscha painted with pastels and drew with pencils, but he also made art using Pepto Bismol, carrots, and spinach. In this article, the author describes an art…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Materials, High School Students, Art Activities
Ciminero, Sandra Elser – Arts & Activities, 2011
The purpose of the "Identity Pole" was to explore the big idea of identity. Students would confront issues of personal and cultural meaning, and draw upon interdisciplinary connections for inspiration. The author chose to present totem poles of the Northwest Coast Native Americans/First Nations of Canada, as well as school, state and national…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Self Concept, Art Products
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